SIGN NOW: Tell the FDA: Heavy metals don't belong in baby food

Tell the FDA to act swiftly to implement the Closer to Zero action plan and remove heavy metals from our babies’ food. [Sign Moms Clean Air Force's petition and tell the FDA to act swiftly to implement the Closer to Zero action plan and remove heavy metals from our babies’ food. >>]( [SIGN NOW]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Dear friend, Lead. Arsenic. Cadmium. Mercury. Two recent studies have found these dangerous heavy metals in baby food—both conventional and organic. These are not ingredients we want in our food, and especially in our babies’ food. The science is clear on this. These heavy metals harm our children’s health and cause damage to our babies’ developing brains. The FDA is currently considering a plan to take action to remove heavy metals from our food—the Closer to Zero Plan. [Tell the FDA to move quickly with this plan—because no parent should have to worry about what they are spooning into their babies’ mouths, day after day. >>]( [CONTACT THE FDA]( As a mom to four growing children, this issue hits home. I live in Southern New Jersey with my husband and four children, including Josie, my youngest child who is just shy of 2 years old. Josie is a voracious eater who wants meals and snacks coming her way at all times. Feeding my youngest, alongside my three older boys, is a daily challenge, and like so many parents, I am often tempted to reach for what is most convenient in our kitchen or pantry. Like so many parents, I spent years assuming that baby food was safe. But now I understand that there is a shameful lack of standards to protect our babies from heavy metals in their food. This must end. No parent should ever have to hold up a jar and ask herself, “How safe is this baby food?” We need to take action on heavy metals in baby food—and we absolutely need the FDA to make it easier for parents to nourish their babies without unknowingly putting them at risk. [Tell the FDA to move swiftly to implement the Closer to Zero plan and to adopt tough, enforceable limits on lead, arsenic, cadmium, and mercury in children’s food. >>]( [CONTACT THE FDA]( It’s high time we parents are given the protections from toxic metals that we thought we already had. For our babies, Trisha Dello Iacono Senior Legislative Manager, Moms Clean Air Force Paid for by Moms Clean Air Force. Does not equal endorsement. Daily Kos, PO Box 70036, Oakland, CA, 94612. Sent via [ActionNetwork.org](. To update your email address, change your name or address, or to stop receiving emails from Daily Kos, please [click here](.